PETROGRAPHY FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE

The course has the declared aim to provide the adequate knowledge to the study of mortars, ceramics and rocks used in cultural heritage.

Expected learning outcomes are:

- Recognition and description of the mineralogical and petrographic features of natural and artificial stone materials (mortars and ceramics).

- Interpretation of petrographic data in order to understand the various aspects of their use in cultural heritage through examples of common interest.

- Knowledge of analytical methods for the study of natural and artificial stone materials.

Introduction:

• The petrographic study applied to cultural heritage.

Lithic materials:

• Mineralogical, compositional and structural features
• Classification of common rocks used in cultural heritage.
• Provenance of the main rocks used in antiquity.

Ceramics:

• Petrographic and mineralogical characteristics of ceramics.
• The microscopic description of ancient pottery and their classification.
• The raw materials.
• The production processes.

Mortars:

• Petrographic and mineralogical characteristics
• Processes for the production of binders and technological evolution.

Notes on the petrographic characteristics of glass and metal

Files and Power Point lecture notes

For not attending students will be provided lecture notes

For further details :

• Cuomo di Caprio N. La ceramica in archeologia, 2: antiche tecniche di lavorazione e moderni metodi di indagine. L'Erma di Bretschneider, 2007.
• Lazzarini L. Pietre e Marmi Antichi. CEDAM, 2004.
• Rice P. Pottery Analysis: A Sourcebook. University of Chicago Press, 2006

Please remember that in compliance with art 171 L22.04.1941, n. 633 and its amendments, it is illegal to copy entire books or journals, only 15% of their content can be copied.

For further information on sanctions and regulations concerning photocopying please refer to the regulations on copyright (Linee Guida sulla Gestione dei Diritti d’Autore) provided by AIDRO - Associazione Italiana per i Diritti di Riproduzione delle opere dell’ingegno (the Italian Association on Copyright).

All the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library.